State coordinators working on a fiscal recovery blueprint for the debt- and deficit-laden city are tentatively expected to release the so-called Act 47 plan Monday, according to sources familiar with the process.

State Department of Community and Economic Development officials would not confirm that release date.

But Harrisburg City Council President Gloria Martin-Roberts has called a special meeting for 6 p.m. Monday in City Council chambers for the purpose of receiving a formal presentation of the plan and its elements.

DCED spokesman Jamie Yates said today that the department's plan is to make a full public release of the document as soon as it is finalized, including posting links to the document at its website, www.newpa.com

The plan, which has been in development since this winter, will represent the state team's recommendations for the city to dig out from under $300 million in debt on the Harrisburg incinerator.

It is also likely to contain a series of proposed operational changes to help bring annual operating costs more in line with recurring revenues.

The City Council and Mayor Linda Thompson must both sign off on the Act 47 plan or agree to implement a revised version of it later this summer.

If they don't do so, the Corbett administration could begin withholding certain state funding from the city, and many observers think city government will be nudged that much closer to municipal bankruptcy.

Monday's council meeting, while open to the public, is not intended as the formal public hearing on the plan. That, according to state law is required to be held within 20 days of the plan's release, Yates said.

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